UNIX Shell Programming for Developers - 5 days Online Classroom

Course timeline

1. Day 1: Shell Scripting Fundamentals

   Lesson 01

   • Review essential UNIX commands, file management, wildcards, and I/O redirection.
   • Understand shell scripting concepts, script creation, execution, and best practices.
   • Work with variables, environment settings, quoting, and command output handling.
   • Perform calculations using shell arithmetic and built-in commands.
   • Capture user input and process command-line arguments.
   • Apply conditional logic, validation, and advanced shell syntax.

2. Day 2: Advanced Script Logic and Automation

   Lesson 02

   • Build scripts using loops such as while, until, and for for task automation.
   • Create multi-option scripts using case statements and interactive menus.
   • Use AWK basics to process and analyse data within shell scripts.
   • Develop reusable scripts with functions and function libraries.
   • Handle system signals using interrupt traps.
   • Apply structured scripting techniques to improve maintainability and reliability.

3. Day 3: File Management and System Utilities

   Lesson 03

   • Automate backup and restore tasks using tar and compression tools.
   • Schedule automated jobs with cron and at utilities.
   • Compare files using commands such as cmp, diff, comm, and sdiff.
   • Identify differences between files and analyse content changes.
   • Split large files using content and formatting rules.
   • Apply UNIX utilities to manage and process data efficiently.

4. Day 4: Text Processing and Data Analysis

   Lesson 04

   • Work with character conversion and formatting tools such as tr, od, and nl.
   • Review regular expressions for advanced text searching and matching.
   • Use grep and extended patterns to locate and filter information.
   • Create sed scripts for automated text editing and transformation.
   • Learn AWK fundamentals, variables, patterns, and output formatting.
   • Generate reports by extracting and processing data with AWK scripts.

5. Day 5: Advanced AWK and Scripting Tools

   Lesson 05

   • Use AWK control structures, conditions, loops, and custom functions.
   • Apply AWK string functions to manipulate and format text data.
   • Work with associative and multi-dimensional arrays in AWK.
   • Build advanced reporting scripts for complex data processing tasks.
   • Explore additional scripting tools including getopts, printf, logger, and xargs.
   • Enhance scripts with better automation, logging, and command handling capabilities